Jhankot Sign Language
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Jhankot Sign Language is an indigenous sign language
of the village of Jhankot in western Nepal
. The Deaf make up 10% of the village, and Jhankot SL is widely known by the hearing community.
Sign language
A sign language is a language which, instead of acoustically conveyed sound patterns, uses visually transmitted sign patterns to convey meaning—simultaneously combining hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's...
of the village of Jhankot in western Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
. The Deaf make up 10% of the village, and Jhankot SL is widely known by the hearing community.